# Trouble exporting .fxg files from my Flash movies

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 22, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-exporting-fxg-files-from-my-flash-movies/331123 "2013-05-22T00:59:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![sabird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@sabird](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sabird)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-exporting-fxg-files-from-my-flash-movies/331123/1 "2013-05-22T00:59:09Z")

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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]I have a client who wants me to export the current state of my .fla files in such a way that the vector art can be used by their [/FONT][/COLOR][[COLOR=blue][FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]Illustrator[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR]](http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?p=1147522#)[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana] developers. I’ve tried exporting .fxg files for them, but the .fxg files export with only the encoding node \<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8” ?\> and nothing else. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]I’ve tried creating a very basic [/FONT][/COLOR][[COLOR=blue][FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]Flash [/FONT][FONT=inherit !important]movie[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR]](http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?p=1147522#)[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana] and exporting that as .fxg, and it exports just fine. Does anyone know of any issues or incompatibilities I should be aware of? [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]For instance, when exporting to .fgx: [/FONT][/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Is there a size limit? [/FONT][/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Is there a problem with multiple layers? [/FONT][/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Is there a problem with symbol instances? [/FONT][/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Is there a problem with guide layers?[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana]Thanks.[/FONT][/COLOR]
